List of banks fined by CBN for inability to meet loan ratio

 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says 12 banks have been debited N499 billion for failing to give out 60% of their deposits as loans. The cash reserve of the banks held by the CBN has been debited. The CRR is a portion of the banks’ deposits kept with the CBN for regulatory reasons.

   In July, the CBN had increased the loan to deposit ratio to 60% saying: “Failure to meet the above minimum LDR by the specified date shall result in a levy of additional Cash Reserve Requirement equal to 50% of the lending shortfall of the target LDR”. The affected banks are:

Citibank – N100,743,055,321
First Bank of Nigeria – N74,668,880,480
FBNQuest Merchant Bank – N2,697,456,144
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) – N14,371,064,742
Guaranty Trust Bank – N25,147,933, 628
Jaiz Bank – N7,525,165,552
Keystone Bank – N4,162,938, 879
Rand Merchant Bank – N2,823,177,399
Standard Chartered Bank – N30,027,137,984
SunTrust Bank – N1,703,205,427
United Bank for Africa – N99,676,181,916
Zenith Bank – N135,629,337,625

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